Six NBA Championships

Lore & Background

The 2017–18 Warriors finished second in the Western Conference with a record of 58–24. They set the NBA record of 16 consecutive home wins in the playoffs, surpassing the 1990–91 Chicago Bulls. Stephen Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game with nine. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson were all named to the All-Star Game, making the Warriors the first team since the 1960s Boston Celtics to have four All-Stars in consecutive seasons, and just the ninth time in NBA history a single team has had four players in the game. Curry was named captain, being the leading vote getter from the Western Conference.

In Their Own Story

The air inside Oracle Arena hung heavy with anticipation, a familiar scent of popcorn and floor wax mixing with the roar of fifty thousand fans. As the final buzzer sounded on that June night in 2022, the silence was brief before it erupted into chaos. Stephen Curry stood at center court, tears cutting through the sweat on his face, looking up at the rafters where a seventh banner would soon join the other six. The legacy wasn't just about the rings; it was about the journey of a city that had waited decades to see its team stand atop the world once more.

Reader's Guide

The Warriors defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the First Round 4–1 and the New Orleans Pelicans 4–1 in the Semi-finals. They beat the top-seeded Houston Rockets 4–3 in the Western Conference Finals. In the Finals, they swept the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–0. The Warriors ended the regular season with a slew of injuries to all four of their All-Stars, including an MCL sprain for Curry that kept him out for six weeks, and lost ten of their last seventeen games. For the first time since the 2013–14 season, they did not clinch first place for home-court advantage for the playoffs and failed to win 60 games for the first time under Steve Kerr. This season marked David West's final season in the NBA; he retired on August 30, 2018, having won two NBA championships with the Warriors.

Did You Know?

• Stephen Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game with nine (Game 2 of 2018 NBA Finals).
• The Warriors set the NBA record of 16 consecutive home wins in the playoffs, surpassing the 1990–91 Chicago Bulls.
• Kevin Durant scored 213 points in the 2018 Western Conference Finals, the most by a player in a single playoff series, surpassing the previous record of 212 set by Hakeem Olajuwon in 1995 and later tied by Shaquille O'Ne
• Draymond Green became the first Warriors player to average a triple-double in a playoff series (14.8 points, 11.8 rebounds, 10 assists) against the Pelicans.
• The Warriors were the first team in NBA history to win multiple elimination games in the same series despite trailing by 10-or-more at halftime (Western Conference Finals vs Rockets).